hag-ridden

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  1. Ridden by hags or witches, as a horse.
  2. Afflicted with nightmare. Cheyne.
  3. Entangled; involved. [Provincial English]

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  • Soubise rode, with few attendants, all night towards Nordhausen, -- eighty miles off, foot of the Bracken Country, where the Richelieu resources are; -- Soubise with few attendants, face set towards the Brocken; himself, it is like, in a somewhat hag-ridden condition. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  • Ferdinand defended Hanover; and wore out annually the big French Armies which were missioned thither, as in the spasm of an expiring last effort by this poor hag-ridden France, -- at an expense to her, say, of 50,000 men per year. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  • If she looked hag-ridden, it was because he feasted on her from the small hours until daybreak, robbing her of rest. —  Incubus
  • "The Iron People helped us hold off the Elvenlords the last time without actually getting involved-" Lorryn mused, feel-ing a bit less hag-ridden at the thought of another conflict with the Elvenlords. —  Elvenborn
  • He was hag-ridden. —  The Heirs of Babylon
 

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